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单词 siesta
释义 si·es·ta
I. \sēˈestə\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Spanish, from Latin sexta (hora) sixth (hour) (i.e., after sunrise), noon, from sexta, feminine of sextus sixth + hora hour — more at sext, hour
: an afternoon nap or rest in some usually Latin countries and especially formerly so customary that business is usually suspended daily to allow for it
 < when he slept his siesta (as the Spaniard calls it) — James Howell >
 < the honored Italian siestaTime >
also : a short sleep or rest
 < about nine or ten in the morning the sheep settle down to a siesta >
 < take a siesta for twenty minutes or so — Anita Colby >
— sometimes used without the article
 < the hour of siesta >
 < roused the … museum guardian from siesta — Claudia Cassidy >
II. intransitive verb
(-ed/-ing/-s)
: to take a siesta : nap
 < could not siesta with the argument going on — Gerald Durrell >
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